In 2011, a production of short Beckett plays that British theater director Peter Brook had helped conceive came to New York. Its actors filled a bare stage with clear intentions and strong emotions; ...

Filmed with five hidden cameras, The Tightrope is a total immersion into the creative process behind legendary theater director Peter Brook's work -- powerful, intimate, and emotionally thrilling. In ...

Peter Brook is one of the world's most respected and revolutionary directors of contemporary theatre. To help his actors achieve extraordinary performances, he has a special exercise, called 'the ...

A review of Peter Brook’s documentary film The Tightrope Lloyd I. Sederer, MD How do they do it? How do (good) actors get us, the audience, to suspend belief – even recognition – of the person behind ...

Elaborate theater backdrops are disappearing in favor of bare-bones productions. By Isaac Butler and Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi By Gabe Cohn At 60, and already a renowned theater maker, Irina Brook is ...